Can i Upgrade my Android Mobile to Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0 OS?

Question : I have a Samsung Galaxy Mobile and wanted to know if i could update my phone to the latest Ice Cream Sandwich version or not. Is it very easy or should i visit a Service Center to get it upgraded. What the the available options and how could i know if this is compatible with my device or not.

Answer : After the recent Ice Cream Sandwich launch there have been many questions from our readers, whether their mobile phones can be upgraded from either Eclair, froyo or gingerbread to ICS or not and if yes what would be the process. Before we start discussing we need to actually understand that whenever there is a new software available, it does not mean that it could be compatible with your hardware of the device. Hence its important to first ensure about the compatibility of the same by just comparing the minimum specifications of the new software vs the current hardware you have.

As you can see above most of our Galaxy Ace, Galaxy S, Galaxy S2 etc users have been sending us questions on how could they upgrade and the same options apply which were discussed above. Now lets discuss more on what are the actual hardware requirements before we can upgrade to the Android 4.0 version. There have been many speculations that this update is going to ‘run all on devices’ means its designed in such a way that it would work on any device be it a tablet or a mobile phone with any screen size but there are two basic and important requirements.

Ram : The Ram of your device should be of a minimum of 256 Mb which would handle the large applications.

GPU : There should be decent enough GPU on your device to process all the queries in the background.

If your android device does not meet these demand’s then the chances of you upgrading your device are less. We have had recently published a article on Upgrading Galaxy S to Ice Cream Sandwich which was only possible because of the hardware match for the I9000 mobile.

The CyanogenMod team which has been released awesome firmwares for Google Nexus S, Dell Streak, HTC Sensation, HTC Wildfire etc have also informed about the above hardware requirements after testing the CM9 which will be specifically for ICS and would be released within 2 weeks of the code availability. As of now other manufacturers are also getting ready with the customizations availability on their devices in the form of Sense, Motoblur, Touchwiz etc and are going to release the same in around two months once the Nexus Prime is released. This ensures that the Google’s official phone would get first preference followed by other handsets which is why the Motorola Droid Razr also could not get the ICS and was released with gingerbread software.

Especially Samsung as we talk is much concerned about the perfect working so that users don’t complain in the future. Some manufacturers like Asus and Acer release the updates quickly but issues of Wi Fi and force closes comes up and later on they release the patch updates for the same but this process leaves you with time waste.

Back to the original question, we will keep you updated if your phone can be upgraded to this latest software release or not, while you can yourself do your homework by cross checking your device’s hardware configuration. The upgrade instructions would be similar to what you have been experiencing for Android 2.1 Éclair, Android 2.2 Froyo, Android 2.3 Gingerbread or Android 3.0 Honeycomb and you wont have to go through any different procedures. Google has not announced any specific instructions regarding the hardware requirements for ICS but the above ones are for better and smooth performance on your device. The availability of the same would be completely dependent on the manufacturers of the respective devices because they need to test the same and then make it available for their users.

Hi there!my phone is celkon A86 android 2.3(Ginger bread).I want to upgrade it to Ice Cream Sandwich…my question is:Can I able to upgrade with my android version which is ginger bread(2.3) ?if not what will be available to my phone??plz kindly answer me….thanx in advance.

I own an Samsung GT-I9220 phone and this seems to run on Gingerbread.XXKL3. I want to upgrade to Icecream sandwich (ICS). How can I do it. Also There are a lot of factory installed applications that I don’t want but I cannot uninstall them as the uninstall option is not highlighted. Kindly help

I want to upgrate mine also to ICS.. please let me kno the xact steps u went thru or the link u followed
and secondly is ur cam, wifi and every things are workin fine or any problems are there..?
thanks in advance.

I have a Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus (GT-S7500) which has 512 MB RAM, Adreno 200 GPU chip and 1 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8255 mobile processor with this specifications can I upgrade to newer versions of Android such 3.0 or 4.0

i hav a dell veneue with Android 2.2 froyo..is Android 4 suitable for my cell phone to be updated… if not which better version suits it..if yes were can i get it updated.. do i need to get it done from a service centre o i can do it myself

I upgrade my Mini to Gingerbread with Kies… In the middle of prcess, Its still working but there’s an alert said ‘Firmware upgrade is stop working’ Woaaaa… Help me T.T I can’t even upgrade my android.. Asap… Thanks~

i have a question!
i just bought my first android a couple of days ago and its the Samsung captivate glide. now i know for a fact it is be compatible with ICS but is there a way that if it doesn’t come preloaded that i can update it to ICS?
its coming in the mail tomorrow.
please reply

well, i want to get adobe flash player into my galaxy ace ( android 2.3.3 ) to be able watch video does here are any chance to upgrade my gingerbread to be able download adobe flash player and watch video? if here are any upgrades available post link please IF HERE INST ANY UPGRADES AVAILABLE tell us and state why we ace users can not upgrade, coz for upgrade requirements you stated :
Ram : The Ram of your device should be of a minimum of 256 Mb which would handle the large applications.
GPU : There should be decent enough GPU on your device to process all the queries in the background.

I have a google nexus s and it currently is at 2.3.7 and rooted with one click root. im trying to get IC but when i go to system updates it says that my system is currently up to date. How do i fix this?

hiiiii androiddevices.com . wanted to know whether my galaxy R I9103 is eligible for the ICS update. is yes then when can i expect the update to be coming. and the ways to update my fone. as of now my fone has got gingerbread 2.3.5, is this the latest update untill date or am i lacking behind? please help…. thanks in advance

i bought a Galaxy ACE i will recive it on thursday, its my frist android mobile (i have de Nokia N95 8G). it comes with android 2.2 to witch latest software i can upgrade it to, where i can find out how to do it?

everybody with a samsung galaxy ace this ‘yogesh patel’ guy has been lying to you! the samsuntg galaxy ace is compatible with ics and it works perfectly, i have seen it first hand on my buddies galaxy ace which was previouly 2.3.3! to update the ace you will need to root your device (see youtube on how to) and reset/reboot your phone and a few other things and voila you will have ics on your samsung galaxy ace!

But I can see from this document that, samsung s can be upgrade to ICS. And the configuration of galaxy s plus is higher than galaxy s. Can you please tell me whether its technically possible to switch galaxy s plus to ICS.

I can see from this document that, galaxy s can be upgraded to android 4.0 . The hardware is more advance than galaxy s then can you please tell me, whether technically is it possible to upgrade the galaxy s plus to android 4.0?

As well as is there any possibility that samsung will include the support for android 4.0 with galaxy s plus?

as galaxy y has got a powerful 832Mz processor it does support ICS 4.0 and also i asked my big bro / (uncle- his nick name) he said that yes it will be .
so be patient and dont upgrade to 2.3.6 unofficially as it will cuase trouble Upgrade from official site/kies actually my bro is one of the software developers team of samsung and he only said so !!
although samsung will hav to work on making this ics to work on galaxy y but they will as in history of samsung it is 3rd or 4th best sold device and has got a higher trp than s specially in india!!!!!

it will but be patient as galaxy y has got a powerful 832Mz processor it does support ICS 4.0 and also i asked my big bro / (uncle- his nick name) he said that yes it will be .
so be patient and dont upgrade to 2.3.6 unofficially as it will cuase trouble Upgrade from official site/kies actually my bro is one of the software developers team of samsung and he only said so !!
although samsung will hav to work on making this ics to work on galaxy y but they will as in history of samsung it is 3rd or 4th best sold device and has got a higher trp than s specially in india!!!!!

hi, ive got Samsung Galaxy Note, can i upgrade it to the latest version (Ice Cream Sandwich), if yes, is it available now and how to do it? i have no plans changing my note to nexus just because the latter has its ICS version, i dont think its practical.
thanks
regards

i own nokia 701..
it satisfies the 2 basic requirements of ice cream sandwitch (android 4.0)
it has 512mb ram,and GPU.. can i install ice cream on my device???
how and where can i install android os???
will android market works there after for my mobile with android 4.0????

i have a samsung galaxy pro b7510 . it has android 2.2 but the samsungs manual has ginger bread written on it . it has 279 mb ram 800 mhz processor and Adreno 200 GPU. It should be compatible with ICS. i hope samsung releases a firmware update .

hy can any1 tell that can upgrade my os that is 2.2 froyo to any other version like 3.0 ginger bread or 4.o if avalable to my samsung galaxy pro.and what is
GPU plz tell! Plz reply to me i would b very thank full..

Hi! May I ask if I would be able to upgrade my Samsung Galaxy Young’s OS which is Gingerbread to Ice Cream Sandwich?
If yes, what would be the processes? Another thing, where can I find the info regarding my phone’s GPU and RAM? Thank you!

[…] phone to ICS 4.0 or not! and we saw a good response from the consumers asking whether their mobile phone will get the ICS update or not. We had provided hardware requirements to qualify for ICS but still to make it clear, we […]

I got it that we cannot upgrade Samsung Galaxy S II GT-I9100 to ICS 4.0…. I wanted to find out to which version can i upgrade my Samsung Galaxy S II GT-I9100 without any problem or to which version is tested… is it 2.3.4 or 2.3.5. or 2.3.6 or 2.3.7.

As of now we can’t comment on when or what requirement the ICS update will come. Yeah, its for sure that ICS update either official or unofficial one will arrive and we will providing the tutorial for the same.

I did, and noticed SE weren’t mentioned, is one to assume that’s my question answered?

Yogesh PatelOctober 29, 2011 at 5:40 pm

As I see SE Xperia X10i specifications, the hardware supports for ICS update. The custom firmware should be out soon and we would scribble it here on AndroidAdvices.com once it arrives. We are eagerly waiting for Ice Cream Sandwich update for many other models. Keep watching ! Thansk

HI yogesh , i have HTC Desire Z with 2.3 os can it will be upgraded with latest os, can you let me know what is battery life of desire z mine battery last for 8 – 6 hours with normal usage just phone call and music for 1hour.
can u let me know .

First of all Great Article and site .. I would like to ask if Samsung Mini or Fit gonna have chance in getting Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade because I want to buy one of them but afraid of not getting ICS update ..

Android 4.0 interface looks demanding on GPU, CPU and Ram. The new Android devices will have better specs accordingly. In the near future the processor and the ram specs of a smartphone will match with our current PC configs. The only thing to worry about will be the battery backup.

what will be latest version of android available for samsung galaxy y in future? and does it support ICS????!!!!!!!

Pradeep NeelaApril 26, 2012 at 6:13 pm

no it wont receive

AndyApril 27, 2012 at 10:40 am

ok then p/s say about- what will be latest version of android available for samsung galaxy y in future?will it get any update to honeycomb?

Yogesh PatelApril 27, 2012 at 10:41 am

No Android 4.0 updates would be available for Galaxy Y.

AndyApril 27, 2012 at 10:49 am

what about honeycomb andrid 3.0 ?
as i want to play gta 3 on galaxy y and it supports sgy 2.3.7 or higher.

AndyApril 27, 2012 at 10:46 am

oh yes i wished to say u that many samsung employers say that galaxy will get an update to ICS
actually my uncle is one of the software developers team of samsung and he only said so !! when i scanned other sites they also had same information.

AndyApril 30, 2012 at 11:33 am

as galaxy y has got a powerful 832Mz processor it does support ICS 4.0 and also i asked my big bro / (uncle- his nick name) he said that yes it will be .
so be patient and dont upgrade to 2.3.6 unofficially as it will cuase trouble Upgrade from official site/kies

Yogesh PatelApril 30, 2012 at 12:09 pm

But officially it won’t come as Android 4.0 hasn’t arrived officially for Galaxy S even though it has good features, then how would Galaxy Y get it. And now word by Samsung on the same.

AndyApril 30, 2012 at 6:50 pm

although samsung will hav to work alot on making this ics to work on galaxy y but they will as in history of samsung it is 3rd or 4th best sold device and has got a higher trp than s specially in india!!!!!